■ codex-cli 0.115.0-alpha.24: Error running remote compact task: timeout waiting for child process to exit

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 16, 2026 by peroksid90 Closed Jun 29, 2026

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.115.0-alpha.24

What subscription do you have?

pro

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.4 xhigh

What platform is your computer?

uname -mprs Linux 6.8.0-106-generic aarch64 aarch64

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

_No response_

What issue are you seeing?

When available context windows is around 15 % , it starts to compact context and alwasy end up with an error

Error running remote compact task: timeout waiting for child process to exit

I know - it was already reported,but the issue is still here.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

just make some work on codex CLI untill context compact starts.

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

_No response_

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3 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 5 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

#14587
#14321
#14292
#14658

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Grallen · 5 months ago

I think I've solved this... just need to get attention on my fix: https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/14860

etraut-openai contributor · 1 month ago

Thanks for reporting this problem. Until recently, Codex used a separate endpoint and server-side logic for compaction. We recently switched to a more robust approach where the compaction logic is moved locally using the same endpoint as normal turns. This eliminates "remote compaction" errors and increases the stability and reliability of compaction operations. If you see further problems with compaction, please use /feedback and open a new bug report.